Jacquelyn, Thanks for that "Major Epidemics" list. I printed it off and will keep it for further reference. I was transcribing the Frenchville Cemetery records and was wondering why so many families lost 3 or 4 children in 1877-78. This list does not really explain that. Did someone mention that the other day? Linda --- PACENTRE-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 > > PACENTRE-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 35 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [PACENTRE] Williams, Hess and Shir ["jwatson" > <jewatson@mediaone.net>] > #2 [PACENTRE] Re: 1855 (and 1899) Typ [Carol Updegraff > <cupdegraff@cvinte] > #3 [PACENTRE] Anna Smith Courter's no [Carol Updegraff > <cupdegraff@cvinte] > #4 [PACENTRE] Epidemics ["Jacquelyn E. Bean" > <jebean@ccape.] > #5 Re: [PACENTRE] Williams, Hess and [JKHouser84@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from PACENTRE-D, send a message to > > PACENTRE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your > software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 11:07:31 -0500 > From: "jwatson" <jewatson@mediaone.net> > To: PACENTRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PACENTRE] Williams, Hess and Shirck families > > I would love to have information about the Williams, Hess or > Shirck families. > > My great-great-great grandmother was Matilda Williams born about > 1803 in Centre County. She was married to Robert Lewis Watson on > October 10, 1822 by the Reverand James Lynn. They had the following > children: > > Agnes, born @ 1828 > Emily, born @ 1830 > James, born about 1832 > Joseph, born @ 1834 > Isabella, born @ 1839 > Elizabeth, born @ 1839 > Anna, born @ 1846 > > My great-great grandmother was Elizabeth Hess, daughter of Lewis > Hess and Elizabeth Shirck. She married James Watson @ 1853 and they > had the following children: > Andrew J. Watson born @ 1855 > Anna B. Watson, born about 1859, married Weisel Turner > Robert Lewis Watson, born about 1864 > > Any information about these children would also be appreciated. > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 12:28:00 -0900 > From: Carol Updegraff <cupdegraff@cvinternet.net> > To: PACENTRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PACENTRE] Re: 1855 (and 1899) Typhoid Edidemic > > OOPS!!! The below statement of mine is in error in that the date > of > THIS typhoid incident is 1893 NOT 1899. I should always check on > things before I just make a statement. The rest is correct, as far > > as I know. > > The 1899 typhoid epidemic also killed my great-grandfather, Howard > W. > Bitner, in Blanchard. My grandmother and Howard's daughter, Maud > Bitner (later Clark), also had it, lost all her hair but recovered. > > None of his grandchildren ever knew Howard. He is buried in the > Christian Cemetery, directly across the road from the house he > lived > in. Later his widow, Sarah "Frances" (nee Johnson) Bitner, married > a > cousin of Howard's, Alfred Bitner, who, along with Frances, is > also > buried in the Christian Cemetery. > > Thanks to a couple people for letting me know. I appreciate it!! > -- > Carol Courter Updegraff > PO Box 222 > Glennallen, AK 99588-0222 > cupdegraff@cvinternet.net > > Locations I am researching include Lycoming, Clinton, Centre and > Northumberland Counties in Pennsylvania. > > Names I am researching include Courter, Updegraff, Bitner, Smith, > Johnson, Stull, Potts, Kunes, Chatham, Hulsizer, Wensel, DeHaas, > Paulhamus, Bauder, Nearhood, Steinhelper, Hoppes, Marshall, > Bechdel, > and many more!! > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 12:37:17 -0900 > From: Carol Updegraff <cupdegraff@cvinternet.net> > To: PACENTRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PACENTRE] Anna Smith Courter's notebook: Correction!! > > Dear lists, > > There is an apparent error in my Grandma's notebook, either hers, > or > mine in transcription. As soon as I find the original notebook, > I'll > know which one!! > > Mrs. Jacob Glossner is listed in the notebook as having died 16 May > > 1906. Actually, according to the records for the Baptist Cemetery > in > Blanchard, Jacob Glossner died on that date and his wife, > Elizabeth, > died 5 Apr 1912. This could be an error on part of the person > doing > the cemetery census as well. Does anyone have other sources for > this > apparent error? Death certificate or family Bible or some such, > to > make a confirmation of the correct date? Has anyone seen the > actual > dates on the tombstones in the Baptist Cemetery? > > Since I am dyslexic, maybe Grandma was, too!!!! =) > -- > Carol Courter Updegraff > PO Box 222 > Glennallen, AK 99588-0222 > cupdegraff@cvinternet.net > > Locations I am researching include Lycoming, Clinton, Centre and > Northumberland Counties in Pennsylvania. > > Names I am researching include Courter, Updegraff, Bitner, Smith, > Johnson, Stull, Potts, Kunes, Chatham, Hulsizer, Wensel, DeHaas, > Paulhamus, Bauder, Nearhood, Steinhelper, Hoppes, Marshall, > Bechdel, > and many more!! > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 16:53:19 -0600 > From: "Jacquelyn E. Bean" <jebean@ccape.net> > To: PACENTRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PACENTRE] Epidemics > > Thought this list of epidemics might prove helpful to someone... > > Best regards, > Jacquelyn (Erhard) Bean > jebean@ccape.net > > > MAJOR AMERICAN EPIDEMICS > > 1657 - 1918 > > > > > 1657 Boston Measles > > 1687 Boston Measles > > 1690 New York Yellow Fever > > 1713 Boston Measles > > 1729 Boston Measles > > 1732-3 Worldwide Influenza > > 1738 South Carolina Smallpox > > 1739-40 Boston Measles > > 1747 CT,NY,PA,SC Measles > > 1759 North America [areas inhabited by white people] Measles > > 1761 N. Amer and West Indies Influenza > > 1772 North America Measles > > 1775 North America [especially hard in NE] Unknown epidemic > > 1775-6 Worldwide [one of the worst epidemics] Influenza > > 1783 Dover, DE ["extremely fatal"] Bilious Disorder > > 1788 Philadelphia and New York Measles > > 1793 Vermont [a "putrid" fever] and Influenza > > 1793 VA [killed 500 in 5 counties in 4 weeks] Influenza > > 1793 Philadelphia [one of the worst epidemics] Yellow Fever > > 1793 Harrisburg, PA [many unexplained deaths] Unknown > > 1793 Middletown, PA [many mysterious deaths] Unknown > > 1794 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever > > 1796-7 Philadelphia, PA Yellow Fever > > 1798 Philadelphia, PA [one of the worst] Yellow Fever > > 1803 New York Yellow Fever > > 1820-3 Nationwide [starts-Schuylkill River and spreads] "Fever" > > 1831-2 Nationwide [brought by English emigrants] Asiatic Cholera > > 1832 NY City and other major cities Cholera > > 1833 Columbus, OH Cholera > > 1834 New York City Cholera > > 1837 Philadelphia Typhus > > 1841 Nationwide [especially severe in the south] Yellow Fever > > 1847 New Orleans Yellow Fever > > 1847-8 Worldwide Influenza > > 1848-9 North America Cholera > > 1849 New York Cholera > > 1850 Nationwide Yellow Fever > > 1850-1 North America Influenza > > 1851 Coles Co., IL, The Great Plains, and Missouri Cholera > > 1852 Nationwide [New Orleans-8,000 die in summer] Yellow Fever > > 1855 Nationwide [many parts] Yellow Fever > > 1857-9 Worldwide [one of the greated epidemics] Influenza > > 1860-1 Pennsylvania Smallpox > > 1865-73 Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans Smallpox Baltimore, > Memphis, Washington DC Cholera - [A series of recurring epidemics > of: Typhus Typhoid Scarlet Fever Yellow Fever > > 1873-5 North America and Europe Influenza > > 1878 New Orleans [last great epidemic] Yellow Fever > > 1885 Plymouth, PA Typhoid > > 1886 Jacksonville, FL Yellow Fever > > 1918 Worldwide[high point yr] more people were hospitalized in WWI > from this epidemic than wounds. US Army training camps became death > camps, with 80% death rate in some camps > > SOURCE: ROOTS-L Digest, Volume 98 : Issue 328 Today's Topics: > [RICH WIGHT richmwight@home.com] > > ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 6 message/rfc822 > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 22:27:13 EST > From: JKHouser84@aol.com > To: PACENTRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PACENTRE] Williams, Hess and Shirck families > > As a descendant of the Sch�rch family (aka Shirck) and a historian > of the > family Association, I am most interested in your query. I believe > your Lewis > and Elizabeth (Shirck) Hess are the same people I have in my > database as > Lewis and Rebecca (Sherick) Hess, Rebecca being the daughter of > Jacob and > Mary Shirk/Sherick. Jacob was born in 1772 in Paradise Twp, York > Co, PA and > died in 1813 in Spring Twp, Centre Co, PA. > > I've not fully researched that descendancy as yet. I do know that > Jacob is a > grandson of Joseph Shirk, who is identified by the family > Association as > immigrant Code "C." There is much documentation on this family. > > In late July there will be a reunion of all the branches of the > family in > Lancaster County, PA. You (and other descendants) are most welcome > to > attend. It is very genealogy oriented. I'll be giving a talk on > the central > Pennsylvania branches of the family, so far as they are known. > > I'd be most interested in sharing info with you as it looks like we > have a > match. Although it is not yet proven, it is thought that immigrant > "C" > Joseph Shirk (1700-1770) was the son of an earlier Casper Sch�rch > (born 1657 > in Switzerland). If so, he may well be the brother of my direct > ancestor, > Casper Shirk (c1710-1770), making us some form of distant cousins. > > I look forward to hearing from you! > > > I would love to have information about the Williams, Hess or > Shirck > > families. > > > > My great-great-great grandmother was Matilda Williams born about > 1803 in > > Centre County. She was married to Robert Lewis Watson on October > 10, 1822 > > by the Reverand James Lynn. They had the following children: > > > > Agnes, born @ 1828 > > Emily, born @ 1830 > > James, born about 1832 > > Joseph, born @ 1834 > > Isabella, born @ 1839 > > Elizabeth, born @ 1839 > > Anna, born @ 1846 > > > > My great-great grandmother was Elizabeth Hess, daughter of Lewis > Hess and > > Elizabeth Shirck. She married James Watson @ 1853 and they had > the > > following children: > > Andrew J. Watson born @ 1855 > > Anna B. Watson, born about 1859, married Weisel Turner > > Robert Lewis Watson, born about 1864 > > > > Any information about these children would also be appreciated. > > > > > Justin > > Justin Kirk Houser > Genealogist/Researcher of Central PA and Beyond > Main Lines: Houser, Breon, Shawley, Ranio/Hrynio (and others) > President, BAHS Class of 2003 > Student Representative, BASD Board of Education > Listowner, PACENTRE-L@Rootsweb.com > Historian, Sch�rch Association of North America (specialty Central > PA lines) > Member, Valley View United Methodist Church > "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com